Water-distributing system.



H. E. MARTIN. WATER DIBTBIBUTING SYSTEM. LI'PLIULTIUI FILED APB. 21, 1909.

987,475. Pma Mar. 21.1911.

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Arrone Y@ l HERBERT EDWIN MARTIN, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

WATER-DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Application filed April 21, 1909. Serial No. 491,241.

To all whom it 'may concern:

15e it known that I, HERBERT EDWIN MAR- TIN, a citizen of Canada, and a resident of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Wate1.--Distribution System, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- actdescription.

The principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a means whereby water may be raised from a well or other receptacle without necessitating the employment of a pump in a well; to provide means whereby the flow of water may be controlled to produce instantaneous effects as when influenced by a water head; and to provide a mechanism for accomplishing the above-stated objects which is simple and economical in construction and cost.

One embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a mechanism shown in operative position in relation to a well; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view in longitudinal section, of the three-way valve employed in the mechanism embodying my invention.

It is very desirable when using water from a well, that the llow of water should answer instantly upon the turning of the faucet controlling the delivery pipe leading from the said well. The means invent-ed by me for accomplishing this purpose is shown in the drawings wherein the numeral 3 indicates a tank, preferably cylindrical in shape, having a tightly closed head through which are passed a pipe 4 and a pipe 5. The pipe 5 is shortened so as to protrude no farther' than through the head of the tank 3, while the pipe 4 is extended to near the bottom of the tank. It is through the pipe 4 that the water is delivered, the llow in the .pipe 4 being controlled by the faucet 6.

The tank 3 is lowered to the bottom of the well and secured therein in any suitable manner. The tank 3 is provided in the lower ortion of the side with an opening 7, and rom this opening is led a pipe 8 extending slightly above the opening 7, to prevent the introduction into the said opening of any gravel or sand deposit which may have been raised by the agitation of the water caused by the sinking of the tank 3 to the bottom of thewell. The pipe 8 is not essential to the operation of the invention, as other means well-known to the art may be employed without inventive talent, for the purpose of preventing the clogging of the opening 7 by introduction of gravel or sand. The opening 7 is closed from the inside of the tank 8 against the exit of the water contained therein; in the drawings the valve for closing this opening I have shown as a ball valve 9, retained in position by a guard finger 10. Any suitable form of valve may be used. The valve 9 is called into play when there is introduced into the tank 3 through the pipe 5 compressed air which is ein-ployed in the present system. The compressed air is introduced into a tank 11 by any suitable means. There is shown in the drawings an ordinary hand pump 12, which is connected by means of a flexible pipe 13 to the line pipe 14 between the straight valve 15 and the three-way valve 16 located upon the said line pipe. A valve 17 is employed in the pipe 13 as a safeguard to prevent leakage through the air pump 12. It will be understood that the air pump 12 and the flexible pipe 13 and the valves 15, 16, 17 are diagrammatic. In the system employed by me the pump is of any approved style and is provided with a driving mechanism for operating the pump either constantly or intermittently. In any system, however, there would be employed the three-way valve 16 or its equivalent. It is by means of the three-Way valve 16 that as the tank 3 has become exhausted of the water and the compressed air has taken the place of the same, the said compressed air is allowed to escape from the tank 3.

In their operation the various instrumentalities are employed as follows: The tank 3, having been equipped with the pipes 4 and 5 and the valve 9, in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, is introduced into the well` The proper connections are made between the pipe 5 and the tank 11, and the tank 11 is connected with the air pump 12. The connections above mentioned having been made, the valve 16 is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, wherein the passage 18 in the side of the plug 19 of the valve registers with the pipe 5, while the main passage 16a of the valve registers with an opening 2O in the side of the valve casing. In this position the air which was contained in the tank 3 is permitted to escape, thereby allowing the water to flow through the pipe 8 and opening 7 into the tank 3, displacing the valve 9 by this action. When the hissing sound evidencing the escape of air through the small opening 20, diseontinues, the plug 19 is turned so that the passage 16n registers with Athe pipes 5 and 14. The valve 15 is now turned so that the pipe 14 is in open communication through the said valve. If there is any compressed air in the tank 11 it will now be seen that t-he same flows through the pipes 14 and 5 into the tank 3, putting a pressure on the water contained in said tank. The effect of this pressure is to set the valve 9 to prevent the exit of the water therefrom, and to cause the water contained in the tank 3 to flow upward through the pipe 4 toward the faucet 6. Should there have been no compressed air contained in the tank 11, this is supplied by operating the pump 12, the valve 17 being opened for that purpose. During the operation of the pump 12, the valve 16 may or may not be closed, at the option of the operator. If it is desired to put an excessive pressure of air for storage purposes upon the tank 11, then the valve 16 is closed Y during the operation of the pump 12. The

pressure having been established in the tank 3 sufficient to raise the water under pressure to the faucet 6, it will be seen that the Water may be drawn from the cistern by opening the faucet 6, when the Water will instantaneously flow therefrom. As the water is drawn from the faucet 6, the supply in the tank 3 becomes exhausted. When exhausted the valve 16 is turned to the position to permit the air in tank 3 to exhaust and Water to flow into the same when the valve is again turned to establish communication between the tanks-8 and 11, so that the water will ow through the pipe et when the faucet 6 is opened, as before described.

To at all times indicate the condition of the pressure of the air within the tank 1l, I have provided a pressure gage 21.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A water distributing system, comprising a tankadapted to be immersed in water, and having on its inner side near the bottom a ball valve, a pipe leading from near the bottom of the tank out through the top thereof and provided with a faucet, an air pipe leading from the top of the tank, a compressed air tank to which the air pipe is connected, an air pump, a flexible pipe connecting the pump with air pipe, and

valves in the air pipe, one on each side of the connection of the pump with the said. pipe, the valve farthest from the air tank being a three-Way valve and having an opening in its casing with which one of the ports of the valve is adapted to register.

2. A water distributing system, comprising a tank adapted to be immersed in water and having an inwardly opening valve in its lower portion, a pipe leading from near the bottom of the tank, an air pipe connected with the tank, a compressed air tank with which the air pipe is connected, an air pump connected with the air pipe, and valves in the air pipe, one on each side ofthe connection of the pump with the said pipe, one of the valves being a three-way valve and having an opening in its casing with which one of the ports of the valve is adapted to register.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT EDWN MARTIN.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE O. FORD, RUTH R. MARTIN.

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Washington, D. C. 

